Partnerships & Ecosystem

Oobit has announced support for Polygon, allowing users of the network to make stablecoin payments at 150 million merchants who accept Visa. Oobit converts stablecoins into local currency, attracting a wide network of merchants who do not want to be paid in crypto. Stablecoin payments via th

U.S. Lamborghini dealerships now accept Ethereum payments, allowing luxury car buyers to purchase vehicles using cryptocurrency. This move reflects Ethereum's growing role in real-world commerce and demonstrates confidence in digital assets amidst mixed community reactions.

Northern Trust Asset Management (NTAM) has taken a fresh step into blockchain finance. On March 2, the firm launched a tokenized share class of its NIF Treasury Instruments Portfolio. The move brings one of traditional finance’s biggest players into the fast-growing tokenized assets space. NTAM

The Citrea Foundation, launched on March 2, 2026, aims to enhance Bitcoin’s application layer through research, grants, and decentralized governance, focusing on interoperability and scaling Bitcoin's utility beyond just a store of value.

Hash Global announces that its newly established BNB Holdings Fund has received $100 million in strategic support from YZi Labs, marking a deepening of the partnership and a structural advancement in the institutionalization process of BNB.

Ripple makes new progress in advancing institutional infrastructure, with XRP becoming a market focus. Hidden Road has officially been listed in the NSCC directory, and Ripple Prime has gained attention, which may facilitate closer integration of XRPL with traditional finance. Although XRP's short-term trend is somewhat weak, institutional integration is seen as a long-term positive signal. If XRPL applications increase in the future, demand could rise.

Juicyway picked Aptos for cross-border settlements after processing over $3 billion in transaction volume across Africa. Aptos enables Juicyway to settle payments in seconds with stablecoins and lower costs than traditional banking networks. Aptos has become the settlement infrastructure for

AIverse launches its first iNFT series "Dolly" on 0G network, aiming to turn user interactions into assets. Dolly features strong interactivity, evolutionary durability, and user asset sovereignty, driving NFTs from static collectibles to deeply interactive living digital entities.

Local-currency stablecoins on Polygon have shot up as JPYC and BBRL power payments, wallets, lending, and faster regional settlements. Brazilian bank Grupo Braza introduced BBRL stablecoin to improve liquidity and enhance payment efficiency in forex payments. Polygon has recorded rising

Venice Token (VVV) has recently surged by over 100%, becoming a strong asset in the market, mainly because Venice has become a provider of the OpenClaw recommendation model and has actively tightened token supply. This partnership has increased Venice's visibility and boosted demand for VVV. In the long term, the fundamentals supporting VVV come from reduced supply and ongoing DeFi integrations, but the sustainability of the market trend still requires monitoring of the partnership results and changes in the market environment.

Ripple acquires Hidden Road (now Ripple Prime) and officially registers with the National Securities Clearing Corporation (NSCC), gaining regulatory status for post-trade operations in traditional finance. This marks Ripple as the first crypto company to have a global multi-asset prime broker. The plan is to migrate post-trade activities to the XRP Ledger (XRPL) in the future, but it is currently unclear whether XRPL will be actively used, and the actual impact remains to be seen.

Ripple's integration with Wall Street's clearing system, as highlighted by CTO David Schwartz, signifies a crucial step in bridging traditional finance (TradFi) and decentralized finance (DeFi). The recent DTCC notice confirms Hidden Road's entry into the National Securities Clearing Corporation, enhancing institutional crypto operations.

Japan's Sony Bank and Japanese yen stablecoin issuer JPYC have signed a memorandum of understanding to enable users to purchase stablecoins instantly through bank accounts and explore payment integration with entertainment IPs, creating a complete closed loop from fiat currency to on-chain consumption and redefining the flow of value within their ecosystem.

Gate News Bot Message, March 03, According to CoinMarketCap data, as of press time, PHA (Phala Network) is trading at $0.03, up 20.00% in the past 24 hours, reaching a high of $0.03 and a low of $0.02. The current market capitalization is approximately $22.22 million, an increase of $3.7 million from yesterday. Phala Network is a next-generation confidential AI cloud computing platform dedicated to providing verifiable AI services with hardware-level security protection for enterprises. The platform offers products such as confidential virtual machines, confidential AI models, GPU TEE, and more, supporting the deployment of TEE-protected confidential AI models within minutes. Phala collaborates with NVIDIA, OpenRouter, OODA, PublicAI, Nea

Since its launch in August 2025, Boros, Pendle's funding rate trading platform, has experienced rapid growth, with trading volume surpassing $12 billion within 7 months. Its newly launched funding rate arbitrage feature helps users lock in yields and hedge against fee volatility risks, with recent gold market yields reaching as high as 21%. Meanwhile, Pendle's V2 product has also added Ripple and PayPal stablecoins.

Written by: Lulu At the start of 2026, the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) made a series of major moves in the compliant digital asset space, directly reshaping the industry landscape of RWA (Real-World Asset Tokenization). On February 23, the SFC announced that it had granted a license to Esperanza Securities, a subsidiary of Yisheng Financial Technology, on February 13, allowing them to conduct compliant tokenized securities business for entertainment assets—such as the 40th anniversary Red Pavilion concert of Huang Kaichen, and offline entertainment assets like the Korean boy band Malaysia tour—officially bringing these into the regulated digital securities issuance category. Qualified investors can participate in concert investments by purchasing security tokens in small shares, sharing in industry dividends. Just one day later, on February 26, Delin Holdings issued a notice that its Central Hong Kong Delin Building and other real estate RWA projects had been...

JPYC signs a strategic cooperation agreement with Sony Bank to utilize the Japanese Yen stablecoin JPYC for services. The two parties will explore providing real-time account transfer functions on the "JPYC EX" platform and plan to collaborate with entertainment sectors such as music and gaming to enhance the payment experience and fan interaction.